Description:
CAMPBELL & CO: 1d rose on Campbell's "better quality paper" SG 23a, margins good to large, neat Barred Oval '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £750. An extremely rare stamp showing the distinctive brownish rose shade of this printing. RPSofV Certificate (2017).
Geoff Kellow at page 51 states "...The rose shade is often misidentified...There are probably only about two dozen copies of this shade recorded". In fact, most examples offered for sale are not the right colour. For many years this particular stamp has been the comparator against which all examples submitted to the RPSofV for expertising were assessed. Gary Diffen's superb example sold for £1800.
Symbol : F
Grade : A
Categories: Stamps & Postal History > VICTORIA